His conviction was upheld by the Court of Military Appeals.

The armed forces have had drug testing programs for several years, and the United States Court of Military Appeals has generally upheld them.

The Court of Military Appeals, the military justice system's supreme court, makes its own rules and is not bound by the judiciary's ban.

In 1968, Congress redesignated the court as the United States Court of Military Appeals.

Walter Krueger's lawyers filed an appeal with the United States Court of Military Appeals.

The Court of Military Appeals, the highest court in the military justice system, permitted the filming of an oral argument last month.

Since 1989 the United States Court of Military Appeals has permitted television coverage of important cases on a number of occasions.

The United States Court of Military Appeals reversed a lower court and sent the case back to the Navy for a possible rehearing.

The Court of Military Appeals upheld his conviction, ruling that the ambiguous mention of a lawyer had not required suspension of the questioning.

After initial reviews by a Navy appeals court, the defense lawyers could go to the Court of Military Appeals and beyond that to the civilian courts.

However, in September, 20th District Rep. Paul J. Kilday was appointed to the Court of Military Appeals.

Article 67 of the UCMJ established the Court of Military Appeals as a three-judge civilian court.

The doors to Federal court have been opened, and it may be hoped other courts will follow the lead of the United States Court of Military Appeals.

Navy officials said today that they were reviewing Captain Vest's 111-page ruling before deciding whether to appeal to the Court of Military Appeals, the military's highest court.

On May 22, 1951 he was nominated by President Truman as Chief Judge of a new United States Court of Military Appeals.

The court won a temporary restraining order blocking the investigation from the nation's highest military court, the United States Court of Military Appeals, on June 30.

The United States Court of Military Appeals concluded that the civilian attorney, Ervan E. Kuhnke, had failed to investigate the corporal's alibi.

That verdict was overturned July 7, 1987, by the United States Court of Military Appeals on the ground that the defendant had not received adequate counsel from his civilian attorney.

The United States Court of Military Appeals ruled that the officer, Lieut. David Samples, did not receive immunity from prosecution in exchange for cooperating with the Navy authorities.

Robinson O. Everett, Professor of Criminal Law and Former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals (deceased)

In 1991, Mr. Sullivan noted, a judge on the Court of Military Appeals said he believed that in peacetime, there should be 12 members on a jury in death penalty cases.

Whether it will resume promptly is doubtful, since the defense is now expected to appeal to the full Army Court of Military Review or to the higher Court of Military Appeals.

The plaintiffs' chief lawyer is Robinson O. Everett, the 65-year-old retired chief judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals, who now teaches law at Duke University here.

In addition to New York State, he is admitted to practice before the Court of Military Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

According to defense officials, Hagel will seek legislation requiring that cases go through the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, and that senior officers no longer have the authority to set aside guilty findings.